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  • Acts: An Introduction and Commentary, By I. Howard Marshall
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    Acts

    An Introduction and Commentary

    Tyndale New Testament Commentaries

    by I. Howard Marshall

    In the book of Acts the story of Jesus begun in the Gospel of Luke broadens into the story of the Holy Spirit, guiding the fledgling church to proclaim the saving reality of Jesus. While attentive to Luke's roles as a literary artist and theologian, I. Howard Marshall focuses primarily on Luke's role as a historian. He provides the reader with an accurate, balanced and holistic picture of the church's ...

  • Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Edited by Mark J. Edwards
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    Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians

    Volume 8

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Mark J. Edwards
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Paul's letters to the Galatians, Ephesians, and Philippians have struck an indelible impression on Christian tradition and piety. The doctrines of Christ, of salvation, and of the church all owe their profiles to these letters. And for patristic interpreters, who read Scripture as a single book and were charged with an insatiable curiosity regarding the mysteries of the Godhead, ...

  • Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Edited by Mark J. Edwards
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    Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians

    Volume 8

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Mark J. Edwards
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Paul's letters to the Galatians, Ephesians, and Philippians have struck an indelible impression on Christian tradition and piety. The doctrines of Christ, of salvation, and of the church all owe their profiles to these letters. And for patristic interpreters, who read Scripture as a single book and were charged with an insatiable curiosity regarding the mysteries of the Godhead, ...

  • How Sweet the Sound: The Message of Our Best-Loved Hymns, By Richard Allen Farmer
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    How Sweet the Sound

    The Message of Our Best-Loved Hymns

    by Richard Allen Farmer

    From generation to generation, Christianity is passed down not only through words that are spoken but also through words that are sung. The church's life and vitality has often been profoundly shaped by the great hymns of the faith. But there is more to hymns than classic melodies and stately lyrics. Embodied and preserved in our hymns are the key doctrines of Christian belief. When we think of ...

  • Yearning: Living Between How It Is  How It Ought to Be, By M. Craig Barnes
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    Yearning

    Living Between How It Is How It Ought to Be

    by M. Craig Barnes

    Does God want us fulfilled? Popular psychology says we should be fulfilled. Advertisements tease us with dozens of ways we can be fulfilled. Many preachers and book promise Christian fulfillment. But in this surprising (and surprisingly liberating) book, Craig Barnes suggests we weren't created to be whole or complete. With a fresh reading of the early chapters of Genesis, he says that much ...

  • The Cultivated Life: From Ceaseless Striving to Receiving Joy, By Susan S. Phillips
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    The Cultivated Life

    From Ceaseless Striving to Receiving Joy

    by Susan S. Phillips
    Foreword by Eugene H. Peterson

    Dallas Willard Center Book and Research Award Finalist

    Hearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books of 2015, Spirituality and the Devotional Life

    "This is a book written specifically for those of us who are assigned the task of developing an imagination for living the Christian faith with insight and skill in and for a society that is disconnected from the biblical ...

  • Pocket Dictionary of the Reformed Tradition, By Kelly M. Kapic and Wesley Vander Lugt
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    Pocket Dictionary of the Reformed Tradition

    The IVP Pocket Reference Series

    by Kelly M. Kapic and Wesley Vander Lugt

    Beginning to study Reformed theology is like stepping into a family conversation that has been going on for five hundred years. How do you find your bearings and figure out how to take part in this conversation without embarrassing yourself?

    The Pocket Dictionary of the Reformed Tradition takes on this rich, boisterous and varied tradition in its broad contours, filling you in on ...

  • Pocket Dictionary of Church History, By Nathan P. Feldmeth
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    Pocket Dictionary of Church History

    The IVP Pocket Reference Series

    by Nathan P. Feldmeth

    Studying church history is like learning your genealogy, with ample helpings of family recipes, scandalous disputes, inspiring heroes, quirky uncles and scrapbooks of photos thrown in. Someone needs to point out what's important and remind you of the facts as you learn to tell the story on your own.

    The Pocket Dictionary of Church History is designed to help students identify the ...

  • Pocket History of the Church, By D. Jeffrey Bingham
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    Pocket History of the Church

    The IVP Pocket Reference Series

    by D. Jeffrey Bingham

    The story of Christianity is a fascinating tale. Here we find drama, vision and expansion along with failure, setbacks and tragedy. Yet during the past two thousand years the power of Jesus is felt throughout the interplay of human actors and the forces of world events.

    How can you grasp the story played out on such a gigantic stage? This book is an ideal place to start. D. Jeffrey Bingham ...

  • Pocket Dictionary of Apologetics & Philosophy of Religion: 300 Terms  Thinkers Clearly  Concisely Defined, By C. Stephen Evans
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    Pocket Dictionary of Apologetics & Philosophy of Religion

    300 Terms Thinkers Clearly Concisely Defined

    The IVP Pocket Reference Series

    by C. Stephen Evans

    For philosophers, the pursuit of truth travels on precise definitions. For Christian apologists, the defense of the faith is founded on the defining Word. And for beginning students of either discipline, the difference between success and frustration begins with understanding the terms and ideas and identifying the thinkers and movements.

    The Pocket Dictionary of Apologetics Philosophy ...